Title Race 18/19

[frank the tank]

out of the big 6 'mini-league'. City have played 4 away and 1 at home. They lost 5 points in those 4 away games. Apart from a shocking united, they have played none of the big sides at home yet. All to play for.

****......

[fah-q]

So we have played Spurs (W) Arse (D) Chelsea (D) away and United (W) Arse (W) City (D) at home, so not that different really.

[Liverpool]

The other 4 in 6 both us and city have arsenal, Tottenham, chelsea at home and united away. We've got the Arsenal 1 out the way.

[frank the tank]

We have City away. And United away. Apart from that, Spurs and Chelsea have to come to Anfield.

If we can continue our form against the teams that we SHOULD be able to beat, then that will tell us if we are going to win the title or not. As City proved against both Palace and Leicester, teams have to be on their toes to get 3 points in any Premier League match.

But Klopp will have our team on their toes.....

[vlahka]

29 years? Christ I've been waiting a long time..

[Fuzzy]

Anyone else fully expecting our line-up for City to be misteriously without a key player, only to be revealed later that it's due to some bust-up with Klopp / racism incident / disco fistfight / transfer request / 9-month injury, etc.?

Just not used to us doing so well without something going horribly wrong in the worst possible way, at the worst possible time - ever since that Gerrard fight after Newcastle, Suarez suspensions, Firmino accused of being a racist, Torres and Coutinho leaving mid-season, Alonso resenting Benitez and leaving, Masch leaving, Gerrard stomp at United, Gerrard slip, Karius in Kiev... Well some of those occured when we weren't exactly at the top, but still...

I don't think I could take any more of those, for once I just want us to go on and win the ****in thing

[Norbs]

Now you've gone and said it...

[dom9]

Now you've gone and said it...

Here's one for you....

No team has let more than a 5 point lead slip at this stage of the season in the premier league era.

[Norbs]

Here's one for you....

No team has let more than a 5 point lead slip at this stage of the season in the premier league era.

Don't make me go all Rainman

[Patricks_Berger]

Here's one for you....

No team has let more than a 5 point lead slip at this stage of the season in the premier league era.

Didn’t Newcastle have a 10 point lead over Utd at Christmas ‘95 (stretched to 12 points by January), only to lose it?

That being said, Kevin Keegan will absolutely love it if we win the league this season.

[dom9]

Didn’t Newcastle have a 10 point lead over Utd at Christmas ‘95 (stretched to 12 points by January), only to lose it?

That being said, Kevin Keegan will absolutely love it if we win the league this season.

Not according to this:

Liverpool move into the new year seven points ahead at the top of the table and no team in Premier League history has been so far clear on New Year's Day and not gone on to win the title.

Twice teams have been five points in front and finished second, but that is the biggest lead that has slipped at this stage.

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/46712846

Here is 95/96 after 20 odd games:


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[RichC]

9 points more than the season where Rafa took us close.

Unbelievable first half of the season from us tbh.

[Doc_Piptorious]

Didn’t Newcastle have a 10 point lead over Utd at Christmas ‘95 (stretched to 12 points by January), only to lose it?

That being said, Kevin Keegan will absolutely love it if we win the league this season.

Just looked it up.


Newcastle were 10 points clear on Xmas day, but then six points were shaved off during the next two games so they were only 4 points clear on New Year's day.

They then managed to get it up to that 12 point gap later in January when the Mancs lost a few games.

[RedReet]

Sounds like both teams dropped more points over those few weeks than we can afford to drop over the whole season.

[dom9]

9 points more than the season where Rafa took us close.

Unbelievable first half of the season from us tbh.

Never mind that. It's four points better than the 88/89 team, who remained unbeaten into February.